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Last day in Rivendell
Gandalf looked at the members of the fellowship. He had called them to a meeting and they all knew what it was about even though he hadn't told them yet.
"As I think you all know, we will leave Rivendell tomorrow at dusk. Tonight there will be a feast in honour of our quest", he said. The members of the fellowship nodded and walked away. Elizabeth headed for her room. Inside the wardrobe she found the jeans and T-shirt she had worn the day she came to middle-earth. Someone had cleaned it and put it aside, now she put it on and went to the gardens. Once she was out there she looked around and found what she was looking for, a tall tree. She climbed up to two branches that were formed like a fork where you could sit quite comfortable. It was fall so the leaves were gone and everyone could see her, but she didn't care. The last day in Rivendell, maybe she would never see this place again. She sat in the tree for almost the rest of the day, just thinking about the two months she had spent there. So much had happened, she had got some real friends, she had been accepted in the fellowship and she had had sword practise.
Oh yes, and the person I really want to be friends with doesn't like me and I have met a huge talking wolf. I actually didn't think, so much could happen to you in just two months.
"Hi Liz, what are you doing up there?" a voice called from the ground. Elizabeth looked down. The hobbits were standing under the tree. They looked up at her.
"And why are you wearing that? I thought you would be making yourself ready to the feast tonight", Pippin called up to her.
"When is it?" she asked and prepared to crawl down.
"In about one hour or something. Haven't you noticed that it is darker?" Elizabeth finally came down. She shook her head.
"No, I have been thinking. If the feast is in an hour then I have lots of time, how should I use a whole hour on preparing myself?" she asked.
"I don't know. But I thought that girls always were slowly when they were getting ready for a party", Pippin said.
"Well some girls are, because they think that the more beautiful you look the more attention do you get, but I am not that type of girl", Liz replied and started to walk towards the buildings. The hobbits followed her.
"What were you thinking about, Elizabeth?" Frodo asked.
"The time I have spent here. It has only been two months, but so much have happened", she answered.
"I remember our journey from the Shire to here, sometimes I wished I was back in the Shire", Sam said.
"I think it isn't the last time you will wish that", Elizabeth replied and stopped in front of her room. "See you tonight at the feast". The hobbits nodded and began to walk to their own rooms. Elizabeth was looking inside her wardrobe for a dress to wear at the feast when she heard a knock on the door.
"Come in", she yelled. An elf maiden entered her room and walked over to her.
"I wanted to know if everything was alright, and to help you in finding a dress if you want", she said.
Elizabeth smiled. "Thank you, I would appreciate that. I can't find any dress that looks better than the others, they are all beautiful". The maiden smiled back and looked inside the wardrobe, a few seconds later she picked out a light blue dress with a simple sash around the waist and long wide sleeves.
"What about this?" she asked. Elizabeth looked at it and tried to imagine it on herself.
"I think it is beautiful", she answered.
"Then put it on, you are much too late for the feast", the elf said.
"What, but I have bin in my room for a whole hour. How could it take so long?" Liz said and tried to put on the dress and do something with her hair at the same time. The maiden laughed. "Let me help you", she said. Elizabeth got the dress on and the maiden gathered her hair in a low ponytail. Elizabeth looked at herself in the mirror.
"Wow, I look kind of great", she said and turned around to look at the elf. "Do you know if I just shall go to the dininghall?"
"I think so. I would like to go with you if you don't mind. I need to talk with the musicians".
"Okay, then we better go now", Liz said and walked out of the room with the maiden beside her. When they came to the dininghall, Elizabeth sneaked in and nearly ran into another elf.
"Sorry", she mumbled and looked up.
"Lady Elizabeth, it was good you came, I think we only were waiting for you to show up", the elf said. Elizabeth looked up, it was Legolas.
"Really?" she could feel herself blush a bit. She walked over to the table where the rest of the fellowship were seated and sat down. She could see Pippin and Merry smile smugly at her. When she looked around she saw many other tables with elves seated around. Then Elrond stood up. "Let the feast of the fellowship begin", he said. Elizabeth was half trough her food when Pippin leaned over to talk with her.
"Why did it take you so long, Liz?" he asked with a smile.
"You had a whole hour to prepare yourself and you said it was time enough", Merry added. Elizabeth turned slightly pink.
"If you want to know, I couldn't find a dress", she answered and spotted her mistake in the same moment the words had left her mouth.
"But I thought you didn't care about what you look like", Pippin said with a very annoying smile on his face.
"Oh, shut up both of you", Liz replied. She turned to talk with Legolas. "How long did you wait?"
"Half an hour I guess. We sent a maiden to see where you were, and when she didn't return with you, I was going to get you", he answered.
"I'm glad that the maiden came, she helped me a lot. Anyway..".
"Yes?" Legolas asked.
"Oh, I was just trying to think of another subject to talk about, the other one was turning a bit embarrassing. You are from Mirkwood aren't you? How is it there?" she asked. Legolas began to describe the forest he came from and Elizabeth listened. Then he asked. "Where are you from, lady Elizabeth?"
"Please, don't give me the title. If we shall travel together, I think it would be better if we were friends, and friends don't give each other titles, at least where I come from they don't", Liz said.
"Okay Elizabeth then, so?".
"It is a country far away from here called England, I don't think you have heard about it", she answered and looked up at the table. At the end of the table Elrond sat and on his sides Arwen and Gandalf sat. Beside Arwen, Aragorn, Boromir, Merry, Pippin and Legolas sat. Beside Gandalf, Gimli, Frodo, Sam and Elizabeth sat. Liz noticed that Gimli didn't look very comfortable, and he hadn't been speaking very much with anyone.
"I wonder why he looks so uneasy", she muttered.
"Who does?" Legolas asked.
"Gimli, he hasn't spoken very much to anyone through the whole dinner", Liz answered.
"Probably because he is a dwarf and there are so many elves here", Legolas said.
"That's right, you aren't the best of friends", she remembered. Short after some elves began to play music and the elves began to dance. Elizabeth leaned back in her chair and just watched and listened to the music. When the feast was over she walked to her room and immediately fell asleep. The next day she got some travelling clothes from the elves. She would leave her jeans and sneakers in Rivendell, but when they told her to leave the T-shirt too, she protested.
"No, I will be keeping this", she said angry.
"But it is too cold to travel in a shirt like that", an elf said.
"I can wear a tunic or something over it. I'm not leaving it here", she said in a tone that put an end to the argument. Elizabeth looked down at herself. She was wearing boots and leather leggings that were easy to travel in. She had kept her wolf shirt on and over it she had a warm dull green tunic and a forestgreen cloak. A sword hung from her brown belt. As a last thing she took her poem and put it in a pocket. She could hear the sound of Boromirs horn outside, it was time. She put her hand inside her shirt and found her necklace, then she looked around in the room for the last time and went out. She found the other members of the fellowship outside Rivendell, the sun was on its way down. Sam stood and held the reins of the pony. They all looked up when she came out.
"It is time to leave", Gandalf said, Elizabeth nodded and bid the elves goodbye. Then she walked away with the rest of the fellowship, and when she looked back she couldn't see the Last Homely House anymore.
Last day in Rivendell
Gandalf looked at the members of the fellowship. He had called them to a meeting and they all knew what it was about even though he hadn't told them yet.
"As I think you all know, we will leave Rivendell tomorrow at dusk. Tonight there will be a feast in honour of our quest", he said. The members of the fellowship nodded and walked away. Elizabeth headed for her room. Inside the wardrobe she found the jeans and T-shirt she had worn the day she came to middle-earth. Someone had cleaned it and put it aside, now she put it on and went to the gardens. Once she was out there she looked around and found what she was looking for, a tall tree. She climbed up to two branches that were formed like a fork where you could sit quite comfortable. It was fall so the leaves were gone and everyone could see her, but she didn't care. The last day in Rivendell, maybe she would never see this place again. She sat in the tree for almost the rest of the day, just thinking about the two months she had spent there. So much had happened, she had got some real friends, she had been accepted in the fellowship and she had had sword practise.
Oh yes, and the person I really want to be friends with doesn't like me and I have met a huge talking wolf. I actually didn't think, so much could happen to you in just two months.
"Hi Liz, what are you doing up there?" a voice called from the ground. Elizabeth looked down. The hobbits were standing under the tree. They looked up at her.
"And why are you wearing that? I thought you would be making yourself ready to the feast tonight", Pippin called up to her.
"When is it?" she asked and prepared to crawl down.
"In about one hour or something. Haven't you noticed that it is darker?" Elizabeth finally came down. She shook her head.
"No, I have been thinking. If the feast is in an hour then I have lots of time, how should I use a whole hour on preparing myself?" she asked.
"I don't know. But I thought that girls always were slowly when they were getting ready for a party", Pippin said.
"Well some girls are, because they think that the more beautiful you look the more attention do you get, but I am not that type of girl", Liz replied and started to walk towards the buildings. The hobbits followed her.
"What were you thinking about, Elizabeth?" Frodo asked.
"The time I have spent here. It has only been two months, but so much have happened", she answered.
"I remember our journey from the Shire to here, sometimes I wished I was back in the Shire", Sam said.
"I think it isn't the last time you will wish that", Elizabeth replied and stopped in front of her room. "See you tonight at the feast". The hobbits nodded and began to walk to their own rooms. Elizabeth was looking inside her wardrobe for a dress to wear at the feast when she heard a knock on the door.
"Come in", she yelled. An elf maiden entered her room and walked over to her.
"I wanted to know if everything was alright, and to help you in finding a dress if you want", she said.
Elizabeth smiled. "Thank you, I would appreciate that. I can't find any dress that looks better than the others, they are all beautiful". The maiden smiled back and looked inside the wardrobe, a few seconds later she picked out a light blue dress with a simple sash around the waist and long wide sleeves.
"What about this?" she asked. Elizabeth looked at it and tried to imagine it on herself.
"I think it is beautiful", she answered.
"Then put it on, you are much too late for the feast", the elf said.
"What, but I have bin in my room for a whole hour. How could it take so long?" Liz said and tried to put on the dress and do something with her hair at the same time. The maiden laughed. "Let me help you", she said. Elizabeth got the dress on and the maiden gathered her hair in a low ponytail. Elizabeth looked at herself in the mirror.
"Wow, I look kind of great", she said and turned around to look at the elf. "Do you know if I just shall go to the dininghall?"
"I think so. I would like to go with you if you don't mind. I need to talk with the musicians".
"Okay, then we better go now", Liz said and walked out of the room with the maiden beside her. When they came to the dininghall, Elizabeth sneaked in and nearly ran into another elf.
"Sorry", she mumbled and looked up.
"Lady Elizabeth, it was good you came, I think we only were waiting for you to show up", the elf said. Elizabeth looked up, it was Legolas.
"Really?" she could feel herself blush a bit. She walked over to the table where the rest of the fellowship were seated and sat down. She could see Pippin and Merry smile smugly at her. When she looked around she saw many other tables with elves seated around. Then Elrond stood up. "Let the feast of the fellowship begin", he said. Elizabeth was half trough her food when Pippin leaned over to talk with her.
"Why did it take you so long, Liz?" he asked with a smile.
"You had a whole hour to prepare yourself and you said it was time enough", Merry added. Elizabeth turned slightly pink.
"If you want to know, I couldn't find a dress", she answered and spotted her mistake in the same moment the words had left her mouth.
"But I thought you didn't care about what you look like", Pippin said with a very annoying smile on his face.
"Oh, shut up both of you", Liz replied. She turned to talk with Legolas. "How long did you wait?"
"Half an hour I guess. We sent a maiden to see where you were, and when she didn't return with you, I was going to get you", he answered.
"I'm glad that the maiden came, she helped me a lot. Anyway..".
"Yes?" Legolas asked.
"Oh, I was just trying to think of another subject to talk about, the other one was turning a bit embarrassing. You are from Mirkwood aren't you? How is it there?" she asked. Legolas began to describe the forest he came from and Elizabeth listened. Then he asked. "Where are you from, lady Elizabeth?"
"Please, don't give me the title. If we shall travel together, I think it would be better if we were friends, and friends don't give each other titles, at least where I come from they don't", Liz said.
"Okay Elizabeth then, so?".
"It is a country far away from here called England, I don't think you have heard about it", she answered and looked up at the table. At the end of the table Elrond sat and on his sides Arwen and Gandalf sat. Beside Arwen, Aragorn, Boromir, Merry, Pippin and Legolas sat. Beside Gandalf, Gimli, Frodo, Sam and Elizabeth sat. Liz noticed that Gimli didn't look very comfortable, and he hadn't been speaking very much with anyone.
"I wonder why he looks so uneasy", she muttered.
"Who does?" Legolas asked.
"Gimli, he hasn't spoken very much to anyone through the whole dinner", Liz answered.
"Probably because he is a dwarf and there are so many elves here", Legolas said.
"That's right, you aren't the best of friends", she remembered. Short after some elves began to play music and the elves began to dance. Elizabeth leaned back in her chair and just watched and listened to the music. When the feast was over she walked to her room and immediately fell asleep. The next day she got some travelling clothes from the elves. She would leave her jeans and sneakers in Rivendell, but when they told her to leave the T-shirt too, she protested.
"No, I will be keeping this", she said angry.
"But it is too cold to travel in a shirt like that", an elf said.
"I can wear a tunic or something over it. I'm not leaving it here", she said in a tone that put an end to the argument. Elizabeth looked down at herself. She was wearing boots and leather leggings that were easy to travel in. She had kept her wolf shirt on and over it she had a warm dull green tunic and a forestgreen cloak. A sword hung from her brown belt. As a last thing she took her poem and put it in a pocket. She could hear the sound of Boromirs horn outside, it was time. She put her hand inside her shirt and found her necklace, then she looked around in the room for the last time and went out. She found the other members of the fellowship outside Rivendell, the sun was on its way down. Sam stood and held the reins of the pony. They all looked up when she came out.
"It is time to leave", Gandalf said, Elizabeth nodded and bid the elves goodbye. Then she walked away with the rest of the fellowship, and when she looked back she couldn't see the Last Homely House anymore.